High scores with mixed reviews: critics warmly welcomed the action game Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - dramatic mystical action game from Remember Me, Vampyr and Life Is Strange developers from Don't Nod studio - was released.

In all the trailers the game looked unusual, atmospheric and attractive and judging by the critics' evaluations, the promo materials didn't deceive.

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World gaming media, including ours, got an opportunity to play Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden in advance and publish their reviews.

Surprising situation: almost all reviews have critical remarks about almost all aspects of the game, but Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden received quite high marks:

• on Opencritic - 82 points with 84% of recommendations;
• on Metacritic - from 78 to 81 points depending on the platform.

In general, critics say that Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden has excellent production, good dialogues, quality technical execution, atmospheric locations and a great soundtrack.

At the same time, journalists say that Banishers has a long and not the most interesting plot, which would be good to reduce by 10 hours (from 25).

The combat system was criticised to some extent: it's not bad, but it doesn't reach the level of quality action games.

Many journalists noted that the main theme of the game - "love in spite of death" - is not revealed to the proper extent, which is surprising, because Don't Nod has always been good at touching stories.

Gagadget's editorial also got to know Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and presented his detailed review.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is already available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

Source: Opencritic, Metacritic